Cajun Food in Boston, New Hamp., Maine?

 Someone wrote:

 >I'll be speding the summer in Boothbay Harbor, Maine but expect to
 >visit Portland, Boston and points between often.

 >Would like to know about any Cajun restaurants so I can get my required
 >fixes of gumbo, jambalaya, and etoufee's when I get sick of lobster.

 Well, I don't know for sure about other areas of New England,
 but Boston has little choice when it comes to Cajun food (I
 suspect this is true for the rest of upper New England as well).

 The Dixie Kitchen in Boston (Mass. Ave) is the only restaurant
 I can think of which focuses on Cajun/Creole food.  I had some
 mediocre experiences there a couple of years ago, and I haven't
 been back.  Other recent posts on the net have indicated that
 it improved since then, and I am thinking about giving it another
 try.  No liquor license.

 Magnolia's in Cambridge (Inman Square) is a Southern-food restaurant
 which has some Cajun items left from its previous incarnation as
 The Cajun Yankee.  My experience there was pretty good--the food
 was cooked and spiced competently (as opposed to my experience
 with the Dixie Kitchen).  The prices are somewhat high though.
 Last time I suggested this on the net, someone else replied,
 calling it "overpriced and overrated."  I think it is competent,
 but not great, and probably overpriced for just competent food.
 But it's the only place I can _personally_ call competent.

 The Border Cafe in Cambridge (Harvard Square) is a popular, noisy
 Tex-Mex place which always had some Cajun items as well (I haven't
 been there in a couple of years).  Food is o.k.  The place is a
 zoo on weekend nights.  Not too expensive.

 My suggestion is to cook Cajun at home, and when you go out,
 try some other cuisines which are actually done well up here.
 Seafood is a standout--especially at ethnic (e.g. Italian,
 Chinese) seafood restaurants.  We have good Mediterranean,
 Korean and Cambodian/French food, just to name a few.  We
 are not leaders in the cuisines of the South and Southwest
 though (although we do have some pretty good BBQ and Grill
 places).  If you want more information on Boston restaurants,
 just email me, read the "Joints between Philly and Sebago Lake"
 thread, or check out Ellis Cohen's excellent Boston Restaurant
 List.  You can find a link to the web version on the Open Software
 Foundation home page (sorry, I don't remember the actual address
 of the list, as it has moved recently) at
 http://www.osf.org

 Hope this helps.

 Marcel

 Someone wrote:

 > I'll be speding the summer in Boothbay Harbor, Maine but expect to
 > visit Portland, Boston and points between often.
 >
 > Would like to know about any Cajun restaurants so I can get my required
 > fixes of gumbo, jambalaya

 In Boston, Magnolia's in Inman Sq., Cambridge and the Dixie Kitchen on
 Mass Ave. by Berkeley College of Music.  Everything is $10 or less at
 the Dixie Kitchen.  You might enjoy Bob the Chef's for Soul Food on
 Columbus Ave. right off Mass Ave.

 Joanie

 Try the Dixie Kitchen, a small casual restaurant on Mass. Ave. in Boston,
 Also Magnolias on Cambridge Street in Cambridge is good, a little more
 upscale.